Investors sold mining and energy shares taking profits on recent strong gains in resource stocks. Banks were well bid and held up in a day of profit taking. JB Hi Fi was up 69 cents, or 5.1 per cent, at $14.17 after it forecast a 41 per cent rise in full-year net profit. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was down 0.9 per cent, or 36.3 points, at 3934.9, while the broad-market All Ordinaries index was also down 0.9 per cent, or 35.4 points, at 3933.6. ANZ was up 11 cents, or 0.7 per cent, at $16.41, Commonwealth Bank was up 48 cents, or 1.3 per cent, to $36.99, NAB lost 25 cents, or 1.1 per cent, to $21.70 and Westpac was up 12 cents, or 0.6 per cent, at $19.35. Macquarie Group was down 4 cents at $36.84. Oil stocks were mixed, Woodside lost 45 cents, or 1.1 per cent, to $42.17, and Santos gained 6 cents, or 0.4 per cent, to $15.06. Gold stocks were weaker, Lihir fell 12 cents, or 3.8 per cent, to $3.01 and Newcrest lost $1.09, or 3.3 per cent, to $31.65.

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